A new PlayStation patent suggests the PS5, and possibly the PS4, are finally getting PS3, PS2, and PS1 backward compatibility. Unlike the Xbox Series X — which plays many Xbox 360 and original Xbox ...

Renowned Sony engineer Mark Cerny has reportedly filed a patent that would seemingly allow the PS5 to play older games via backward compatibility. Specifically, the patent describes a method to change ...

Here we go again. Another bug, another round of speculations that Sony’s toying with PS5 backwards compatibility with PS1, PS2, and PS3 games. This time, a bug briefly wiped PS4 trophies and displayed ...

Sony Interactive Entertainment may have found a robust backwards compatibility solution to run all PlayStation classics on its new PlayStation 5 flagship. According to a published patent from last ...

The PlayStation 2 is arguably one of the greatest consoles of all time, with a library of classic games that’s hard to match. Sony finally discontinued the system in 2013, which means that emulators ...

Sony Computer Entertainment boss Ken Kutaragi has confirmed that the PlayStation 3 will feature backwards compatibility with the PS2 and PSone, ensuring continued support for older software formats in ...